Read more summit stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13080/summit.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:59:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72765/sarkos-400k-shower-steams-french.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe French Senate is perhaps understandably miffed at the outrageous price tag of Nicholas Sarkozy’s 6-month stint as president of the European Union. The half-year job of hosting meetings and events appears to have cost $262 million, which is borne mostly by the host nation, an official tells the BBC....http://www.newser.com/story/72765/sarkos-400k-shower-steams-french.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 14:58:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70352/protests-pittsburgh-just-glad-for-respect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNative Pittsburghers definitely saw a motley crew of protesters invade for the G-20 summit this week, and were generally pretty unfazed. “It’s cool. People need to speak their mind,” one local told Bari Weiss, writing for the Wall Street Journal . “They didn’t bother anyone.” Indeed, the Steel City was looking...http://www.newser.com/story/70352/protests-pittsburgh-just-glad-for-respect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:00:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69957/obama-set-to-bankrupt-us-appease-foes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's agenda can be summed up as "beggar thy neighbor, bankrupt thy country, and appease thy foe," as can be seen in his plans for summit meetings this week, Bret Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal . The president chairs a UN Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament this...http://www.newser.com/story/69957/obama-set-to-bankrupt-us-appease-foes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 7:08:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69951/g-20-summit-puts-spotlight-on-reborn-pittsburgh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe choice of Pittsburgh for this week's G20 summit highlight a Rust Belt success story, Kris Mamula writes in Portfolio . The smokestacks and steel mills Mamula remembers from his Pittsburgh childhood are long gone, victims of the collapse of Big Steel that left the city in a state similar to...http://www.newser.com/story/69951/g-20-summit-puts-spotlight-on-reborn-pittsburgh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 2:42:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63984/this-camel-climbed-mount-washington.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA camel named Josh has joined the ranks of backwards-walkers and wheelbarrow-pushers to become the first of his kind to summit New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, the Union Leader reports. Josh and his support team of two handlers, two horses, and a dog took 6 hours to reach the 6,288-foot...http://www.newser.com/story/63984/this-camel-climbed-mount-washington.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 14:48:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63680/medvedev-obama-agree-to-roll-back-nukes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are countering "a sense of drift" in relations between their nations with preliminary agreement Monday to reduce the world's two largest nuclear stockpiles to as few as 1,500 warheads each. "We must lead by example, and that's what we...http://www.newser.com/story/63680/medvedev-obama-agree-to-roll-back-nukes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 10:38:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60379/obama-to-host-g20-in-pittsburgh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration has picked Pittsburgh to host September’s G20 summit, where leaders representing 85% of the world’s economy will measure progress since the last meeting and discuss further action to curb the global crisis, the Post-Gazette reports. Hit hard by the steel industry’s decline, the revitalized city is committed...http://www.newser.com/story/60379/obama-to-host-g20-in-pittsburgh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 15:12:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55153/surprise-g20-had-more-substance-than-hot-air.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnlike most economic summits, the G20 talks have delivered more than just a promise to talk some more in the future, Steven Pearlstein writes in the Washington Post . The meeting may not have been the turning point declared by President Obama, but the market-boosting measures agreed upon represent a more...http://www.newser.com/story/55153/surprise-g20-had-more-substance-than-hot-air.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 7:08:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54894/obamas-arrive-in-britain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama has arrived in Europe, with a hefty economic and political agenda for his first journey across the Atlantic since taking office two months ago. The first stop for the president and first lady was London, with the focus on the G20 meeting of the world's major economic powers...http://www.newser.com/story/54894/obamas-arrive-in-britain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 14:28:00 CDT